con|tin´u|a|ble

con|tin|ue «kuhn TIHN yoo», verb, -tin|ued, -tin|u|ing.

–v.i.

1. to go on; keep up; keep on; not stop: »

The road continues for miles. The rain continued all day.

SYNONYM(S): extend.

2. to go on after stopping: »

The class begged the teacher to continue with the reading.

SYNONYM(S): resume.

3. to last; endure: »

The king's reign continued for 20 years.

SYNONYM(S): persist. See syn. under last. (Cf. ↑last)

4. to stay; remain: »

The children must continue in school till the end of June.

5. to remain in a certain way: »

He continues happy. Greece continues to be an important country with respect to merchant shipping.

–v.t.

1. to go on with; keep on; keep up: »

We continued our efforts to raise money for the hospital.

SYNONYM(S): prolong.

2. to extend in space: »

The farmer continued his fence from the pasture to the highway.

3. to take up; carry on; go on with after stopping; begin again: »

He ate lunch and then continued his work. The story will be continued in next month's magazine.

SYNONYM(S): resume, renew.

4. to cause to last; prolong; maintain: »

She continued the family tradition by going to law school.

5. to cause to stay; retain: »

The people continued the president in office for another term.

6. to put off until a later time; postpone; adjourn: »

The judge continued the case until next month.

╂[< Old French continuer, learned borrowing from Latin continuāre < continuus < continēre hold together; see etym. under contain (Cf. ↑contain)]

–con|tin´u|a|ble, adjective.